Driving South

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)Mohey Tawa, the Cedar High drill team, performs at halftime of a basketball game vs. Canyon View.(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A water tank above Cedar City with the Redmen mascot of Cedar High School. The school is considering a change in the name of its mascot, The Redmen, Friday Jan. 11, 2019.

The Long Drive Home

Zion National ParkRed Canyon

Day Off

After working all week and being out of town for three days there is finally a day to spend together. We’re together on the couch when the phone rings – Possible active shooter at a shopping mall. You need to go.

I’m trying to cup the phone so she doesn’t hear. That’s what you do these days, try to hide the news you’re hearing, seeing, and reading so that all the everything-awful doesn’t get to her.

The week began with the vigil for the fallen officer, where I stood next to his family and listened to their loss. And now I’m supposed to drive toward what could be a mass killing. I grab my kit and start the car. It’s only fifteen minutes away this time.